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Following in the footsteps of a legend can make for a tough trip, but here now is Mark Larson, putting in my hands a copy of his new book, “Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History of American Work in a Time of Social and Economic Transformation,” which is directly tied to Louis “Studs” Terkel — the author, radio host, actor, activist and Chicago symbol who has been dead since Halloween in ...
Following in the footsteps of a legend can make for a tough trip, but here now is Mark Larson, putting in my hands a copy of his new book, “Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History of American Work in a Time of Social and Economic Transformation,” which is directly tied to Louis “Studs” Terkel — the author, radio host, actor, activist and Chicago symbol who has been dead since Halloween in ...
Lookingglass Theatre, long in residence at the Water Tower Water Works on Michigan Avenue, said Friday that it planned to reduce its full-time staff from 24 to 10 employees and to pause programming until late spring of 2024. The ensemble-driven theater, founded by a close-knit group of Northwestern University classmates and friends in 1988, famously has produced original work for the last 35 ...
Provided Chicago publicist Dori Wilson, who moved through charity balls and cultural affairs with the style and assurance of the fashion model she’d once been, died Monday at 77. She’d attended a friend’s funeral hours earlier. After returning to her home on Marine Drive, Ms. Wilson decided to take a rest, and she never woke up, according to her assistant Melinda Guerra. Born in Winona, Mississippi, she came to Chicago when she was 7 and grew into a barrier-breaking Black model and favorite subject of famed photographer Victor Skrebneski. Ms. Wilson appeared in ads for Virginia Slims ci...